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equality before the law, freedom of speech of the press,

publication, association, assembly procession, demonstrati

and to strike.

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inviolable.

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Freedom

of the

person

is

So is freedom from arbitrary or unlawful

arrest, detention or

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homes;

imprisonment.

privacy of communications;

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The inviolability of

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freedom of

the

immigration and of travel;

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freedom of conscience and

religious belief and practice;1 freedom to choose an

Occupation and to engage in academic, artistic and cultural

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freedom to secure confidential legal advice,

activities;

remedies".

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All

the choice of a lawyer, of representation and "to judicial

of these basic freedoms are promised in

Perhaps the

the most important commitment is

the Basic Law.

that contained in article 39:

"The provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the international labour conventions as applied to Hong Kong shall remain in force and shall be implemented through the laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

The rights and freedoms enjoyed by Hong Kong residents shall not be restricted unless as prescribed by law. Such restrictions shall not contravene the provisions of the preceding paragraph of this Article."

The PRC has signed and ratified the International Convention

on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial

of Racial Discrimination;

the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of

Discrimination Against Women;

the Convention on the

Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and the

Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or

Degrading Treatment

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or Punishment.

signed, still less ratified, the

However, it has not

International Covenant on

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